Seeking Security in an Insecure World

by Caldwell, Dan; Williams, Robert E., Jr.

• ISBN13: 9781442208049
• ISBN10: 144220804X
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-06-14
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc

Summary

Now in a thoroughly updated edition, this comprehensive yet concise introduction to international security explores the constantly changing conditions that lead to an insecure world. The text offers a broad overview of both traditional and new conceptions of security. With clear and lively prose, compelling examples, and solid scholarship, it engages both students of international relations and general readers who wish to gain a better understanding of what security means today and how it can best be achieved.

Author Biography

Dan Caldwell is Distinguished Professor of Political Science at Pepperdine University. Robert E. Williams Jr. is associate professor of political science at Pepperdine University.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Second Edition	p. ix
Preface to the First Edition	p. xi
The Meaning of Security Today	p. 1
Traditional Sources of Insecurity
Conventional Weapons and War	p. 25
Nuclear Weapons, Deterrence, and Arms Control	p. 47
Chemical and Biological Weapons	p. 63
The Terrorist Threat	p. 81
The Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction	p. 101
New Sources of Insecurity
Infectious Disease and Health Insecurity	p. 119
Transnational Criminal Organizations and Trafficking	p. 137
Insecurity in Cyberspace	p. 153
Political And Social Conditions of Insecurity
The State of the State (I): The Transformation of National Security	p. 179
The State of the State (II): The Rise of Human Security	p. 195
Economics and Security	p. 213
The Environment and Security	p. 227
Seeking Security in an Insecure World	p. 247
Notes	p. 263
Selected Bibliography	p. 295
Index	p. 303
About the Authors	p. 317
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